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RNS Number : 8963X  Victoria PLC  25 July 2024

Victoria PLC

('Victoria' or the 'Company', or the 'Group')

 

Result of AGM

 

Victoria PLC, (LSE: VCP) the international designers, manufacturers and
distributors of innovative flooring, announces that at the Annual General
Meeting ('AGM') held earlier today, all resolutions set out in the Notice of
AGM were passed by the requisite majority.

 

The voting results for each resolution were as follows:

 

 Resolution                                                                   Votes       %       Votes       %

 (* indicates special resolution)                                             For                 Against
 Resolution 1 - Adoption of Accounts                                          88,894,200  100.00  1,911       0.00

 Resolution 2 - Re-election of Geoffrey Wilding                               87,656,419  98.61   1,239,692   1.39

 Resolution 3 - Re-election of Gavin Petken                                   72,310,748  81.37   16,585,364  18.63

 Resolution 4 - Re-election of Blake Ressel                                   87,542,400  98.48   1,353,711   1.52

 Resolution 5 - Re-appointment of Grant Thornton UK LLP as auditor            88,893,767  100.00  2,344       0.00

 Resolution 6 - Granting the Directors authority to allot shares              86,324,807  97.12   2,561,437   2.88

 Resolution 7* - Disapplication of statutory pre-emption rights               80,703,225  90.79   8,183,018   9.21

 Resolution 8* - Disapplication of statutory pre-emption rights (limited to   81,624,480  93.37   5,794,884   6.63
 allotments or sales)

 Resolution 9* - Authorising the Company to make market purchases of its own  88,881,473  99.99   4,770       0.01
 shares

 

 

The results of the AGM will also be available from today on the Company's
website at www.victoriaplc.com (http://www.victoriaplc.com) .

 

 

For more information contact:

 

 Victoria PLC                                                                   www.victoriaplc.com/investors-welcome

                                                                              (http://www.victoriaplc.com/investors-welcome)
 Geoff Wilding, Executive Chairman

                                                                              Via Walbrook PR
 Philippe Hamers, Group Chief Executive

 Brian Morgan, Chief Financial Officer

 Singer Capital Markets (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)                    +44 (0)20 7496 3095

 Rick Thompson, Phil Davies, James Fischer

 Berenberg (Joint Broker)                                                       +44 (0)20 3207 7800

 Ben Wright, Richard Bootle

 Walbrook PR (Media & Investor Relations)      +44 (0)20 7933 8780 or victoria@walbrookpr.com

 Paul McManus, Louis Ashe-Jepson               +44 (0)7980 541 893 / +44 (0)7747 515 393

 

About Victoria PLC (www.victoriaplc.com (http://www.victoriaplc.com) )

 

Established in 1895 and listed since 1963 and on AIM since 2013 (VCP.L),
Victoria PLC, is an international manufacturer and distributor of innovative
flooring products. The Company, which is headquartered in Worcester, UK,
designs, manufactures and distributes a range of carpet, flooring underlay,
ceramic tiles, LVT (luxury vinyl tile), artificial grass and flooring
accessories.

 

Victoria has operations in the UK, Spain, Italy, Belgium, the
Netherlands, Germany, Turkey, the USA, and Australia and employs
approximately 6,300 people across more than 30 sites. Victoria is Europe's
largest carpet manufacturer and the second largest in Australia, as well as
the largest manufacturer of underlay in both regions.

 

The Company's strategy is designed to create value for its shareholders and is
focused on consistently increasing earnings and cash flow per share via
acquisitions and sustainable organic growth.

 

 

 

 

 

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